Consultant for Digital Education and AI in Education

About the role

UNICEF Serbia is seeking a national consultant to provide technical support for digital education policies and initiatives, stakeholder consultations, technical documents, evidence generation and programme development. The focus is on quality, inclusion, child rights and improved learning outcomes, with a particular emphasis on the responsible and pedagogically meaningful use of artificial intelligence in education. The consultant supports the Ministry of Education, the Institute for Education Improvement and the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development of digital education policies and initiatives, and advise the Ministry of Education and the two Institutes on their needs and priorities.
• Help prepare and run stakeholder consultation meetings, including agendas, discussion points and materials, and produce summaries of key conclusions.
• Produce technical documents and knowledge products such as analyses, recommendations, guidelines and instructions.
• Organise a policy roundtable on AI in education, summarise findings and define priority areas, recommendations and ethical, safety and policy considerations.
• Support the national scale-up of the AI Teaching Assistant model, develop a short roadmap and help local partners engage with GIGA, with technical support to the Ministry of Telecommunications.

Required profile

• University degree in human sciences, preferably education, pedagogy, psychology, sociology or another humanities field.
• At least five years of experience in digital education policy and practice.
• Experience in researching, analysing and monitoring education policies.
• Fluency in spoken and written Serbian and English.
• Desirable: advanced degree, knowledge of the UN/UNICEF mandate and UN rules and procedures, and strong negotiation and communication skills.

Required skills

• Excellent knowledge of the digital policy framework in education, especially in Serbia.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, statistical knowledge and the ability to synthesise complex information.